GA Woman Sentenced For Fatal Shooting During Citizen's Arrest

CLAYTON COUNTY — A 25-year-old woman convicted of murder in connection with the killing of a 62-year-old man during a citizen's arrest was sentenced Friday to life in prison plus 13 years with the possibility of parole, according to multiple media reports.

Fox 5 Atlanta reported Judge Jewell C. Scott sentenced Hannah Payne in a Clayton County courtroom after she was convicted Wednesday of felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and three counts of possession of a weapon during a crime.

Atlanta News First reported Payne was accused of following and fatally shooting Kenneth Herring on May 7, 2019, after he reportedly left the scene of a crash.

The outlet reported Payne said she saw Herring run a red light before hitting an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer and fleeing the scene. She later approached Herring's truck against the orders of emergency dispatch, testifying in court that was a "messenger for police," the outlet reported.

Payne claimed Herring attacked her, leading her to pull her gun trigger in the struggle, Atlanta News First reported.

Herring's family members spoke at Payne's sentencing hearing, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

"I no longer have a big brother," Vickie Lynn Herring, Kenneth Herring's youngest sister, said at the hearing, per Fox 5. "His grandchildren won't know him. He has two children who don't have a father anymore. There were six of us. Now there's the five of us that are left."

District Attorney Tasha Mosley told Atlanta News First that Payne must be incarcerated for 43 years before parole eligibility.

Read more via Fox 5 Atlanta and Atlanta News First.